Proposals Call for Actions to Allow Healthcare Providers to Prepare for Imminent Shortages
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Added on 5/21/18
This article appeared on the Associated Press website on June 27, 2018.
This article appeared on the HealthLeaders website on July 2, 2018.
This article distributed through California Healthline appeared on multiple media outlets in March 2018.
All healthcare organizations have disaster plans in place that they practice and refine in preparation for an unexpected crisis. These plans are not developed “on the fly” because healthcare providers recognize the value of planning for the unexpected and the necessity of minimizing potentially life...
Widespread accounts of frustration, outrage, and serious compromises to patient care came across loud and clear from purchasing agents and pharmacists at 549 hospitals who participated in our July-August survey 1 on gray market activities associated with drug shortages. When critical medications...
In our November 3, 2011 newsletter, we asked hospital pharmacy staff to let us know if the drug shortage problem in the US has continued to result in harmful outcomes for hospitalized patients. At that time, an Associated Press article had just reported 15 deaths in the prior 15 months that were...
List of recommendations created after a November 2017 stakeholder roundtable on minimizing the impact of drug shortages on patient care.
An exhaustive account of frustrations, difficulties, misspent resources, and safety concerns came across loud and clear from respondents who participated in our August through October 2017 national survey on drug shortages. 1 Most respondents to the survey confirmed that drug shortages during the 6...